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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
lean
adj 1: lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too
thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry
look"-Shakespeare [syn: thin, lean] [ant: fat]
2: lacking in mineral content or combustible material; "lean
ore"; "lean fuel" [ant: rich]
3: containing little excess; "a lean budget"; "a skimpy
allowance" [syn: lean, skimpy]
4: not profitable or prosperous; "a lean year"
n 1: the property possessed by a line or surface that departs
from the vertical; "the tower had a pronounced tilt"; "the
ship developed a list to starboard"; "he walked with a
heavy inclination to the right" [syn: tilt, list,
inclination, lean, leaning]
v 1: to incline or bend from a vertical position; "She leaned
over the banister" [syn: lean, tilt, tip, slant,
angle]
2: cause to lean or incline; "He leaned his rifle against the
wall"
3: have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be
inclined; "She tends to be nervous before her lectures";
"These dresses run small"; "He inclined to corpulence" [syn:
tend, be given, lean, incline, run]
4: rely on for support; "We can lean on this man"
5: cause to lean to the side; "Erosion listed the old tree"
[syn: list, lean]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Lean \Lean\ (l[=e]n), v. t. [Icel. leyna; akin to G. l[aum]ugnen
to deny, AS. l[=y]gnian, also E. lie to speak falsely.]
To conceal. [Obs.] --Ray.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Lean \Lean\ (l[=e]n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Leaned (l[=e]nd),
sometimes Leant (l[e^]nt); p. pr. & vb. n. Leaning.] [OE.
lenen, AS. hlinian, hleonian, v. i.; akin to OS. hlin[=o]n,
D. leunen, OHG. hlin[=e]n, lin[=e]n, G. lehnen, L. inclinare,
Gr. kli`nein, L. clivus hill, slope. [root]40. Cf.
Declivity, Climax, Incline, Ladder.]
1. To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to
be in a position thus inclining or deviating; as, she
leaned out at the window; a leaning column. "He leant
forward." --Dickens.
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2. To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; --
with to, toward, etc.
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They delight rather to lean to their old customs.
--Spenser.
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3. To rest or rely, for support, comfort, and the like; --
with on, upon, or against.
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He leaned not on his fathers but himself.
--Tennyson.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Lean \Lean\, n.
1. That part of flesh which consists principally of muscle
without the fat.
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The fat was so white and the lean was so ruddy.
--Goldsmith.
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2. (Typog.) Unremunerative copy or work.
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5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Lean \Lean\, v. t. [From Lean, v. i.; AS. hl[=ae]nan, v. t.,
fr. hleonian, hlinian, v. i.]
To cause to lean; to incline; to support or rest. --Mrs.
Browning.
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His fainting limbs against an oak he leant. --Dryden.
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6. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Lean \Lean\ (l[=e]n), a. [Compar. Leaner (l[=e]n"[~e]r);
superl. Leanest.] [OE. lene, AS. hl[=ae]ne; prob. akin to
E. lean to incline. See Lean, v. i. ]
1. Wanting flesh; destitute of or deficient in fat; slim; not
plump; slender; meager; thin; lank; as, a lean body; a
lean cattle.
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2. Wanting fullness, richness, sufficiency, or
productiveness; deficient in quality or contents; slender;
scant; barren; bare; mean; -- used literally and
figuratively; as, the lean harvest; a lean purse; a lean
discourse; lean wages. "No lean wardrobe." --Shak.
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Their lean and flashy songs. --Milton.
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What the land is, whether it be fat or lean. --Num.
xiii. 20.
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Out of my lean and low ability
I'll lend you something. --Shak.
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3. (Typog.) Of a character which prevents the compositor from
earning the usual wages; -- opposed to fat; as, lean
copy, matter, or type.
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Syn: slender; spare; thin; meager; lank; skinny; gaunt.
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7. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018) |
Lean
An experimental language from the University of Nijmegen and
University of East Anglia, based on graph rewriting and
useful as an intermediate language. Lean is descended from
Dactl0.
Clean is a subset of Lean.
["Towards an Intermediate Language Based on Graph Rewriting",
H.P. Barendregt et al in PARLE: Parallel Architectures and
Languages Europe, G. Goos ed, LNCS 259, Springer 1987,
pp.159-175].
(1995-01-25)
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Thesaurus Results for lean:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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